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[water running]
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[tense music playing]
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[man] What are my nipple tats?
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Go on my Instagram, @90DayGeoffrey,
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and read my post. It tells all about 'em.
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[woman 1] I have no idea how he was cast
on a reality show as big as 90 Day Fiancé.
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[woman 2] He was like
a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…
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[music surges]
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…you didn't know which one
you were gonna get.
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[woman 3] He grabbed me and shoved me,
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threw me on the ground,
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strangled me.
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I genuinely think
he was trying to kill me.
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[woman 2] All I see is the abuse
when I close my eyes.
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It was just not gonna stop
until he was stopped.
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[disturbing music playing]
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[music intensifies]
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[audio glitches]
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[music ends]
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[gentle music playing]
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[car approaching]
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[woman 1] I've never spoken to anyone
about this, other than the police
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and my friends and family.
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And I just feel like it's time.
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Looking back on it,
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there were so many red flags.
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I should have run for the hills.
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[dramatic sting]
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[children talking indistinctly]
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[Kristen] In 2017,
I had just started my teaching job.
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[school bell rings]
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I taught third grade.
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It was my dream job at my dream school.
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And after dating my boyfriend, Corey,
through grad school,
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we ended up breaking up.
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He was my best friend,
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but we just weren't quite sure that
that was what we wanted forever.
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And then I met Geoffrey in December.
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[gentle music playing]
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I was scrolling through a dating app,
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and I swiped right on Geoffrey Ian.
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{\an8}He was in his thirties, had dark hair,
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{\an8}very good physical build, gorgeous eyes.
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{\an8}And so I sent him the first message
and just said, "Hello."
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He quickly gave me his number,
and we were texting.
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He was very charismatic,
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clearly intelligent.
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And then we decided to go out on a date.
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[inaudible]
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We went to dinner
at a local Mexican restaurant
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and hit it off right away.
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[inaudible]
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Geoffrey told me
he owned several properties
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on the street where his house is
and multiple properties around Knoxville.
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He made himself seem like
a really successful businessman.
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{\an8}Geoffrey was also, at that time,
working as an actor on these crime shows.
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{\an8}I saw the cop cars out front.
What's going on?
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{\an8}[man on TV] What is this?
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Carlo drew it. It's his mom's house.
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[Kristen] So I thought him being an actor
was really cool.
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He was the total package.
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Geoffrey came on really strong,
really hard, really fast.
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He would show up at my house
with just a trunk full of groceries.
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We went to the mall a lot.
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I would see a sweater or a scarf,
be like, "I love that. That's so cute."
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And then the next day,
he would show up at my house with it.
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He really just completely
swept me off my feet.
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[Geoffrey on voicemail]
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[Geoffrey in a sing-song voice]
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[Kristen] On our first date,
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Geoffrey told me about his ex-wife
in Canada, Brittany,
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and his two children with her.
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They were two and 10 months old,
and Geoffrey had full custody of them.
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It was like I became a mom overnight.
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They went absolutely everywhere with us.
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I was overwhelmed by it at first.
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I wasn't really ever sure
that I wanted kids of my own,
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but, oh my gosh,
did I fall in love with those boys.
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[tense music playing]
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And then a couple weeks after that,
right before New Year's Eve,
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I was staying at his house,
and I went downstairs,
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and there were two teenagers
in his living room.
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And I'm like,
"Hello, who are you?" Like, "Hi."
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And he's like, "Oh, I'm just taking care
of these couple of boys for a friend."
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The teenage boys would come and go,
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and so, honestly,
I didn't give it much thought.
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[music surges]
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[tense music continues]
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We were a couple months now
into this relationship.
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I was walking upstairs at his house
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and saw mail sitting
just on one of the stairs.
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And on the mail,
it said "Geoffrey Paschel."
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He had told me that his last name was Ian,
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and my instant first thought was,
"Is he hiding something?"
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I confronted him about it
when he got home.
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He made me feel like
I was making a big deal out of nothing.
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"Ian is my middle name."
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"You just assumed
that Ian was my last name."
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And I was like,
"Okay, maybe it isn't a big deal,"
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and started to even question, like,
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"Did he tell me his last name was Ian,
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or did I just make this all up
in my head?"
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[music fades]
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[suspenseful music playing]
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And then…
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[phone ringing]
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…one day, Geoffrey called me
from his home phone for some reason.
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It was a number I didn't have
in my cell phone.
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So I let it go to voicemail
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and Googled the number,
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and it came up "Allison Paschel."
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[music surges]
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I'm wondering who Allison Paschel is.
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Is it his sister? Is it his mom?
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[keyboard clacking]
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So I do a search for her name,
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and up pops a birth announcement
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with Allison Paschel
and Geoffrey Paschel for their son.
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{\an8}[unsettling music playing]
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He had made it seem like
his children with Brittany
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were the only children that he had.
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This was a really big deal to me.
What else is he trying to hide from me?
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So I searched Geoffrey's name,
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and I found a whole slew of court cases
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about his previous relationships.
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[music intensifies]
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I found domestic assault allegations,
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alleged neglect and abuse of the children,
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and that he had kept opiates in the house.
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And I was shocked to read that
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because it just didn't seem like
the person I was dating.
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I also found several marriages,
I believe four.
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When he was 18 years old,
he got married for the first time,
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and that allegedly ended in an annulment.
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Then he married Sabrina.
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Then he married Allison.
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And then he married Brittany.
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And I found several birth announcements.
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I realized that those two teenagers
were his as well,
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that their mother was Sabrina.
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He had completely lied and bamboozled me.
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I came across mug shots…
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[camera clicking]
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{\an8}…and criminal charges that included
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{\an8}driving while intoxicated,
assault, drug charges.
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And the biggest one…
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He did some time
in federal prison in Texas.
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I was horrified.
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I am a teacher.
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I have never been in trouble,
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and now this guy that I'm dating
is a felon?
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I have no idea who I'm dating.
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[music fades]
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[tense music playing]
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I confronted him about it.
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And he made it again seem like
it wasn't a big deal.
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And like, "Well, you never asked."
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How am I supposed to ask?
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"Do you have four ex-wives
that you haven't told me about?"
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"Have you been to federal prison before?"
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And then he told me that
he wasn't honest about those charges,
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because then I wouldn't have ever shown
any interest in him initially.
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Which is valid.
I was like, "Yeah, you're right."
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"I wouldn't have dated you
had I known this."
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And it made me feel tricked,
and it made me feel trapped.
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Because now,
I had completely fallen for him.
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Geoffrey told me that
his exes were conspiring against him,
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that they were just being vindictive,
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and they were just hurt exes.
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He had already lied about so much.
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I had every reason not to believe him.
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But I did anyway.
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Because I was completely in love with him.
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[music builds, drops]
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[unsettling music playing]
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[Sabrina] I am Sabrina Grigsby,
Geoffrey Paschel's second wife.
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Geoffrey was like
a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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You didn't know which one
you were gonna get.
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He made my life a living hell.
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He stole my dreams away.
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[music fades]
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[dramatic sting]
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[soft string music playing]
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I was 25 when I met Geoffrey.
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I went to a Halloween party. There he was.
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Geoffrey was extremely charismatic.
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That was his thing.
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And I just thought, "Wow."
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He was wonderful to be around.
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He was a country boy,
but he wanted to be cultured.
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He wanted to do more, be more educated.
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Geoffrey wanted a lot of money,
and he had big dreams.
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And that was very intriguing to me.
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Everybody was jealous
of the relationship we had.
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It was just like a whirlwind of fun
and love and laughter.
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He was very good to me, and it was nice.
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For a while.
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[intriguing music playing]
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We were engaged about seven months.
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We did have an incident.
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He had got quite upset.
I'm not sure even what it was.
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And he pushed me
into the entertainment center,
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and I fell down.
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It was a big surprise.
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It happened so quickly and so forcefully.
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I mean, he might be a short fella,
but he was pretty strong.
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I didn't want to even admit to myself
that that happened.
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I guess I just kept it in my mind
that we were gonna have a nice life.
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I didn't pay attention to the red flags.
I was in love.
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[pensive music playing]
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Me and Geoffrey had got married
on April Fool's Day, 1998.
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Geoffrey talked all the time
about wanting to have at least four kids.
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Come to find out, I had got pregnant
with my first child on our honeymoon.
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I was so excited, thinking,
"He's gonna be the greatest dad."
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You know? Um…
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But he changed almost instantly.
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Uh, he was just a completely
different person.
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Very agitated all the time.
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Anything would just set him off.
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And I was shoved,
hit, horribly screamed at.
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I was just trying harder and harder,
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of course, thinking I did something wrong.
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[crickets chirping]
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[banging, glass shattering]
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He kicked me a few times,
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and I was afraid
I was gonna lose my child.
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So I tried to stay quiet,
just do what he needed when he needed.
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[gentle music playing]
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He became horribly controlling.
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[crickets chirping]
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If I stayed up too long, he would turn
the power off completely in the house,
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where I had to go to bed.
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We lived in Greenback.
It was in the country.
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Neighbors very far away.
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I was just very isolated.
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He shut the phone off.
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So I had no communication, no vehicle.
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[wind chimes clanging softly]
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I couldn't see my mother
and my father, my sister.
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I had no friends.
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My parents, they were begging me
just come back home.
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[door slams]
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I got to where I was just so sad
all the time.
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[poignant music playing]
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But my grandparents on both sides,
my parents never divorced,
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loved one another through thick and thin.
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I just really thought
I could do something that would fix it.
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Then everything would just be all right.
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It's hard to look at without…
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[breathing heavily]
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[voice breaking] …being emotional.
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I can see what
I'd probably already been through.
253
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I might've been smiling,
but my eyes weren't.
254
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My eyes look about as sad
as they do right now, I bet.
255
00:14:26,574 --> 00:14:28,701
[crying] Because I just wish I had've ran.
256
00:14:29,326 --> 00:14:32,872
Took that baby right there
and just went as fast as I could.
257
00:14:38,752 --> 00:14:40,754
[ominous music playing]
258
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When we were first getting together…
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Cocaine.
260
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That was his thing.
He was doing it. He was dealing it.
261
00:14:50,472 --> 00:14:53,851
But at this point,
he stopped doing the drugs
262
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and then just really started dealing.
263
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He wanted to make more money.
264
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That was when it really got excessive.
265
00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:08,490
We had a lot of people coming in and out
of our house all the time.
266
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You could smell it, see it.
267
00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:13,579
I always just tried to keep my son
in another room.
268
00:15:16,707 --> 00:15:20,085
And then I was pregnant
with my second child.
269
00:15:20,836 --> 00:15:23,255
And he kept telling me
he wasn't doing that anymore,
270
00:15:23,339 --> 00:15:26,967
and he was trying to, you know,
really get out of that aspect of life.
271
00:15:27,885 --> 00:15:30,346
And I thought he had stopped all of it.
272
00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:34,016
[dramatic sting]
273
00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:37,061
[ominous music playing]
274
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He'd taken my vehicle.
275
00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:43,067
I just thought he was gonna go pick up
his friend in Texas
276
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and bring him back for a visit.
277
00:15:47,196 --> 00:15:49,406
And then Geoffrey called me
278
00:15:49,490 --> 00:15:52,493
and informed me that he had been arrested
for five pounds of pot
279
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and a couple ounces of cocaine.
280
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That was really devastating.
281
00:15:57,748 --> 00:16:01,627
And… our lives were changed.
282
00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:04,964
[dramatic sting]
283
00:16:05,547 --> 00:16:07,549
[gentle music playing]
284
00:16:08,592 --> 00:16:12,596
When Geoffrey first went to prison,
I literally still stayed at home.
285
00:16:13,097 --> 00:16:15,808
It took a long time for me
to get out of that feeling
286
00:16:15,891 --> 00:16:17,685
that I could leave the house,
287
00:16:18,185 --> 00:16:19,895
that he couldn't hurt me.
288
00:16:21,105 --> 00:16:23,732
I didn't have a job.
I was dependent on him.
289
00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,695
And he did leave us some money
and paid the bills up a little bit.
290
00:16:29,863 --> 00:16:33,575
When Geoffrey was in prison,
he did write the boys a lot of letters.
291
00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,620
He wrote me all the time too,
292
00:16:37,579 --> 00:16:39,832
saying that he was sorry for everything
293
00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:43,002
and that he was excited
to have a new life with us
294
00:16:43,961 --> 00:16:48,298
and that he was trying to be
a better father and a better family man.
295
00:16:49,299 --> 00:16:52,094
I know this sounds crazy,
but I was hopeful.
296
00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:56,932
I just kept trying to have faith that
things would get better when he came home.
297
00:16:58,142 --> 00:17:00,144
[foreboding music playing]
298
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,608
But when he was released from prison,
299
00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:09,236
the control was ten times worse.
300
00:17:09,987 --> 00:17:11,363
When you're in there,
301
00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:14,408
it's like the criminals,
they learn from one another.
302
00:17:15,325 --> 00:17:17,286
And he was just sneakier.
303
00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:19,788
His evil was more finely-tuned.
304
00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:24,043
The abuse was daily,
mentally and physically.
305
00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:27,171
The sexual abuse got pretty awful too.
306
00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:31,133
Just forced to do things
you just don't want to do.
307
00:17:31,633 --> 00:17:33,218
The monster definitely was back.
308
00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:34,803
[audio glitches]
309
00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,680
[dramatic sting]
310
00:17:36,764 --> 00:17:39,224
Finally, after the eight years
of marriage,
311
00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:41,018
I was going to file for divorce.
312
00:17:41,101 --> 00:17:41,977
[knocking on door]
313
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,229
And he actually beat me to it.
314
00:17:44,313 --> 00:17:48,692
When I saw the paper that
he'd filed before I did, I was ecstatic.
315
00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:51,612
I didn't want to be a part
of his life anymore.
316
00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:53,989
After the divorce,
317
00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:56,533
Geoffrey used the children
to manipulate me.
318
00:17:57,451 --> 00:17:59,203
It wasn't like they were his kids.
319
00:17:59,286 --> 00:18:01,371
It was like they were little pawns
in a chess game.
320
00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:05,751
He made my life a living hell
for the next decade.
321
00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:12,925
A few years later,
he married Allison and then Brittany.
322
00:18:14,134 --> 00:18:15,844
And then next came Kristen.
323
00:18:16,804 --> 00:18:18,514
I prayed for these women.
324
00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:22,726
I prayed for them every night
that they would wake up and be okay,
325
00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:25,437
because I knew Geoffrey wasn't gonna stop.
326
00:18:26,313 --> 00:18:27,898
[music surges, fades]
327
00:18:27,981 --> 00:18:30,609
[dramatic sting]
328
00:18:30,692 --> 00:18:32,569
[somber music playing]
329
00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:36,740
[Kristen] In early March 2018,
330
00:18:37,491 --> 00:18:42,287
Geoffrey's youngest son
with his ex-wife Brittany passed away.
331
00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:46,041
It was very sudden.
332
00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:50,546
I had been so in love
with that little boy.
333
00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:53,298
And he was like Geoffrey's little clone.
334
00:18:55,259 --> 00:18:57,886
They did a full autopsy,
and it was inconclusive.
335
00:18:59,096 --> 00:19:00,472
It crushed him.
336
00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:04,184
But it did bring us closer together.
337
00:19:04,268 --> 00:19:06,687
It was like we were trauma-bonded
338
00:19:06,770 --> 00:19:09,022
over this horrible thing
that had happened.
339
00:19:10,065 --> 00:19:13,068
But it was also like a switch flipped.
340
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:14,278
[tense music playing]
341
00:19:14,361 --> 00:19:17,447
The sweet side, the caring side,
342
00:19:18,073 --> 00:19:19,741
it was gone.
343
00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:22,202
[inaudible]
344
00:19:22,286 --> 00:19:25,414
[Kristen] He started getting
really volatile.
345
00:19:25,956 --> 00:19:27,082
[inaudible]
346
00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:31,044
He was explosive when he was mad.
347
00:19:32,713 --> 00:19:35,757
He would pinch me. He would twist my arm.
348
00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:40,304
He bent my finger back, what felt like
all the way back to my hand.
349
00:19:40,888 --> 00:19:44,725
Little things… to kind of test me,
350
00:19:44,808 --> 00:19:47,060
to see "How is she going to react?"
351
00:19:47,144 --> 00:19:49,104
"What is she going to do?"
352
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:52,316
"And how far can I push this
before she snaps?"
353
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,902
[music fades]
354
00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:57,738
And then when he saw how upset I was,
355
00:19:57,821 --> 00:20:00,699
he completely turned it on me
356
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,412
and was like, "You're so dramatic,
just like all my other exes."
357
00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:07,956
[pensive music playing]
358
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,500
I didn't tell anyone
that this was happening.
359
00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:12,461
No one.
360
00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:13,837
No friends, no family.
361
00:20:14,963 --> 00:20:19,551
He had already significantly isolated me
from a lot of my friends.
362
00:20:21,094 --> 00:20:24,139
I owned a home in Knoxville.
He didn't want me staying there.
363
00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,099
He wanted me staying at his house,
364
00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:32,606
which is out in the country,
about 20 or 30 minutes from Knoxville,
365
00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:35,692
where my friends
and family and everyone is.
366
00:20:37,152 --> 00:20:38,904
[dramatic sting]
367
00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:40,948
[intriguing music playing]
368
00:20:43,116 --> 00:20:46,787
At this point,
we had been together about a year.
369
00:20:47,871 --> 00:20:53,210
When the times were good with Geoffrey,
they were so good.
370
00:20:53,877 --> 00:20:56,672
He could be so kind, so sweet.
371
00:20:57,547 --> 00:20:59,383
He met my every need.
372
00:21:01,176 --> 00:21:03,053
And then something would set him off.
373
00:21:05,138 --> 00:21:06,390
He would choke me.
374
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,435
He would pull my hair,
throw me around the room.
375
00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:16,358
He broke my kitchen table and chairs,
just smashing all of it to pieces.
376
00:21:16,858 --> 00:21:20,070
He tore my purse apart
and ripped up my money.
377
00:21:20,153 --> 00:21:21,822
[metal clangs, chains rattle]
378
00:21:21,905 --> 00:21:27,286
I couldn't get out of his gated property
without him opening the gate.
379
00:21:27,369 --> 00:21:28,537
And this was common.
380
00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:31,873
If we would fight and I would wanna leave,
I was not allowed to leave.
381
00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:34,167
[suspenseful music playing]
382
00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:39,339
One time, I was so scared,
and I hit the panic button on my iPhone.
383
00:21:40,173 --> 00:21:41,633
And it called 911.
384
00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:42,968
[line ringing]
385
00:21:44,052 --> 00:21:46,722
He'd snatched my phone out of my hand.
386
00:21:47,723 --> 00:21:49,725
911 immediately called me back.
387
00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:50,726
[phone ringing]
388
00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:54,187
Of course, now he has my phone,
so I can't answer it.
389
00:21:55,939 --> 00:21:57,649
He sends it to voicemail.
390
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,620
[music builds, drops]
391
00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:12,331
[dog barking]
392
00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:15,417
[Kristen] No one ever came.
No one ever showed up.
393
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:16,877
[tense music playing]
394
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,756
It became this constant cycle of abuse.
395
00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:23,550
Something bad would happen…
396
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:27,387
- [phone ringing]
- …and then he would call constantly.
397
00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:29,014
So I would block him.
398
00:22:50,327 --> 00:22:53,080
[Kristen] He would go
to the lengths of the earth
399
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,624
and do whatever means necessary
to get me back.
400
00:22:56,291 --> 00:22:59,961
He would get down on his knees
and beg and make himself cry
401
00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:02,756
and just plead with me to forgive him.
402
00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:07,677
One time he showed up
with his three-year-old,
403
00:23:08,178 --> 00:23:11,431
had him knock on the door,
"Mommy, Mommy, Mommy."
404
00:23:11,515 --> 00:23:16,937
Like, how am I not gonna open the door
for this little boy that calls me Mommy?
405
00:23:18,271 --> 00:23:20,148
And so I gave in.
406
00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,691
I let him in.
407
00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:25,320
And it started all over again.
408
00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:27,948
[birds chirping]
409
00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:30,534
[pensive music playing]
410
00:23:30,617 --> 00:23:35,080
Now talking about it,
I realize how insane this sounds.
411
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:40,544
I can't even believe
that I accepted this as my reality.
412
00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:46,007
But I was just so incredibly in love
with him.
413
00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:50,637
[music surges, fades]
414
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,806
[dramatic sting]
415
00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:55,976
[gentle music playing]
416
00:23:56,059 --> 00:24:00,897
We were in Destin, Florida,
visiting his family there.
417
00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:03,900
We'd all just gone out
and had this great dinner,
418
00:24:03,984 --> 00:24:07,988
and he took me outside,
419
00:24:08,822 --> 00:24:13,410
pulled a ring out of his pocket,
and proposed to me.
420
00:24:16,538 --> 00:24:21,877
But the typical excitement that would
follow an engagement did not follow.
421
00:24:23,086 --> 00:24:27,549
My parents were… were not fans of his.
422
00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:29,384
I mean, I had lost a ton of weight,
423
00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:33,513
and I wasn't allowed to cut my hair
because he liked my hair long.
424
00:24:33,597 --> 00:24:36,349
He didn't want me wearing makeup.
425
00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:39,436
I was very much under his control,
426
00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:44,649
and I think that they knew
it was gonna get worse from there.
427
00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:48,570
[music surges, fades]
428
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:50,155
[dramatic sting]
429
00:24:50,238 --> 00:24:52,115
[pensive music playing]
430
00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:54,993
On June 8th, we go out to dinner.
431
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:59,414
My friend was our server
at a local restaurant here in Knoxville.
432
00:25:00,415 --> 00:25:02,250
We're making each other laugh.
433
00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:03,793
It was a great night.
434
00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:06,588
We made plans to go out
with my friend after.
435
00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:09,132
So real quick,
I just wanted to walk my dog.
436
00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:10,467
[tense music playing]
437
00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:12,594
Everything was fine on the drive home.
438
00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:15,889
Everything was fine
when we got back to my house.
439
00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:21,937
I took my dog, Zoe, out for a walk
in the neighborhood.
440
00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:23,522
[dog barking in distance]
441
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,983
And when I came back through the door…
442
00:25:27,067 --> 00:25:28,443
[music intensifies]
443
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:30,153
[tense music playing]
444
00:25:30,237 --> 00:25:31,696
…Geoffrey attacked me.
445
00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:36,785
He grabbed me,
and he smashed my head into the floor
446
00:25:37,953 --> 00:25:39,538
over and over again.
447
00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:40,914
[faint high-pitch ringing]
448
00:25:40,997 --> 00:25:43,792
I was in and out of consciousness.
449
00:25:45,168 --> 00:25:48,296
I remember at one point
being in the kitchen.
450
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:49,839
I have no idea how I got there.
451
00:25:51,341 --> 00:25:52,842
The next thing I remember…
452
00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:54,177
[loud banging]
453
00:25:54,261 --> 00:25:57,847
…he had me pinned in the corner
of my living room
454
00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:02,185
and was just shoving me into the wall
over and over again.
455
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,855
[muffled high-pitch ringing]
456
00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:08,817
I don't remember him saying anything.
457
00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:14,531
I had no idea what I did wrong
that made him act like that.
458
00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:18,660
He had never been this severely abusive.
459
00:26:19,202 --> 00:26:21,246
It had never been this bad.
460
00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,499
I genuinely thought
he was trying to kill me.
461
00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:29,963
I remember him dragging me
up the stairs by the hair.
462
00:26:30,463 --> 00:26:35,093
And I felt my face
and realized that my nose was bleeding.
463
00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:38,763
The whole inside of my mouth
was also bleeding.
464
00:26:40,181 --> 00:26:42,934
He made me go to the bathroom
and wash my face.
465
00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:47,814
And I remember being so scared
to wash my face
466
00:26:47,897 --> 00:26:52,110
because I thought he was going to
smash my face down into the faucet.
467
00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:54,779
And he told me to go get in bed.
468
00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:56,823
And I did.
469
00:26:58,783 --> 00:27:00,493
I was pretending to sleep.
470
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:05,206
I was afraid that I had a concussion
or a brain bleed,
471
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,375
that I was gonna die.
472
00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:10,545
So I tried so hard to stay awake.
473
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:11,588
[Geoffrey snoring]
474
00:27:11,671 --> 00:27:13,715
As soon as his head hit that pillow,
475
00:27:13,798 --> 00:27:16,551
I jumped out of bed,
and I just made a beeline for it.
476
00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:18,303
[music surges]
477
00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:19,804
I had no shoes on.
478
00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:23,975
And I ran down my driveway
as fast as I could.
479
00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:26,978
[music distorts]
480
00:27:27,854 --> 00:27:28,980
I kept going…
481
00:27:29,064 --> 00:27:30,190
[music surges]
482
00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:33,943
…and I made it to my neighbor's house.
483
00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:34,861
[banging]
484
00:27:34,944 --> 00:27:35,820
[phone dialing]
485
00:27:49,084 --> 00:27:52,712
[man] On June 9th, 2019,
486
00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:56,383
we responded to a domestic violence call
487
00:27:56,466 --> 00:28:00,261
{\an8}off of North Shore Drive
in the West Knoxville area.
488
00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:04,683
The time was 1:49 in the morning.
489
00:28:06,226 --> 00:28:07,560
We knock on the door.
490
00:28:07,644 --> 00:28:08,687
[loud knocking]
491
00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:11,856
When we hear pounding on her door,
we thought it was him.
492
00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:13,483
And I was so afraid.
493
00:28:13,566 --> 00:28:15,902
[indistinct police radio chatter]
494
00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:18,029
[neighbor] Thank you.
Sorry, we thought you were him.
495
00:28:18,113 --> 00:28:18,947
[Matt] Oh, okay.
496
00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:20,824
- We're very scared.
- [Matt] That's all right.
497
00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:22,742
We left the lights off
'cause we're very scared.
498
00:28:22,826 --> 00:28:23,743
[Matt] All right.
499
00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:29,040
Kristen is sitting on the kitchen floor
of the neighbor's house
500
00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:33,461
with this really big raised bruise
on her forehead.
501
00:28:34,462 --> 00:28:37,632
And she has abrasions
consistent with domestic assault
502
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,342
if somebody's been thrown around.
503
00:28:39,426 --> 00:28:41,136
[Kristen] We got into an argument,
504
00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:44,931
and he threw me up against
my kitchen floor and my living room floor.
505
00:28:45,014 --> 00:28:46,391
- [Matt] Okay.
- [Kristen] Um…
506
00:28:46,474 --> 00:28:48,143
[Matt] These guys are gonna check you out.
507
00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:51,604
I'm gonna have them do that first
while we're asking questions.
508
00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:55,233
The forensic unit arrived
and started photographing her elbows
509
00:28:55,316 --> 00:28:57,318
and her knees and forehead.
510
00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:58,486
[camera clicking]
511
00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,613
[Kristen] The paramedics
that came to the scene
512
00:29:00,697 --> 00:29:03,450
said I really needed to go
to the hospital.
513
00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:04,743
[siren wailing]
514
00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:07,704
[indistinct police radio chatter]
515
00:29:07,787 --> 00:29:09,372
[tense music playing]
516
00:29:09,456 --> 00:29:11,666
[Matt] We make our way
from the neighbor's house
517
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,376
over to Kristen's house.
518
00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:16,713
It's probably close to 3:00
in the morning.
519
00:29:16,796 --> 00:29:18,006
[knocking on door]
520
00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:20,633
However, as soon as we start knocking
on the door,
521
00:29:21,468 --> 00:29:23,344
Geoffrey immediately answers the door,
522
00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:24,888
and he's wide awake,
523
00:29:24,971 --> 00:29:27,307
and he is… he's wired.
524
00:29:27,390 --> 00:29:30,059
[Geoffrey] Out of the house.
You don't have permission to come in.
525
00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:31,311
[Matt] Oh, yes, we do.
526
00:29:31,394 --> 00:29:33,438
[Geoffrey] You don't!
Look at all these scratches on me.
527
00:29:33,521 --> 00:29:34,522
[dog barking]
528
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,816
- [Matt] What's going on?
- [Geoffrey] How do you think?
529
00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,443
[Matt] Have a seat. Right there.
530
00:29:38,526 --> 00:29:40,361
[Geoffrey] You wanna know the exact truth?
531
00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:43,072
[Matt] Have a seat.
Not gonna tell you again.
532
00:29:43,156 --> 00:29:46,201
- [officer] You can sit right there.
- [Geoffrey] It's fine. That's fine.
533
00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:48,036
[Matt] He's talking really quickly.
534
00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:51,498
In my opinion, he's under the influence
of cocaine or methamphetamine
535
00:29:51,581 --> 00:29:52,749
or some other stimulant.
536
00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:54,876
[officer] Tell me what happened.
537
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:57,837
- She's mad because I want to leave her.
- Okay.
538
00:29:58,338 --> 00:30:00,590
[Matt] We're asking about
Kristen's injuries,
539
00:30:00,673 --> 00:30:03,968
and you can tell he's trying
to come up with an explanation.
540
00:30:04,052 --> 00:30:06,971
She acted absolutely, I mean, crazy.
541
00:30:07,055 --> 00:30:08,056
- All right.
- I mean…
542
00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:12,977
Scratched me, ran against the wall,
hit herself, slapped herself.
543
00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:14,354
None of it made sense.
544
00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:17,106
Where did she supposedly run
into the wall?
545
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:18,983
[Geoffrey] No, not supposedly,
she really did.
546
00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,027
- [officer] Okay.
- [Geoffrey] Right here.
547
00:30:22,570 --> 00:30:24,280
[indistinct conversation]
548
00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,324
[indistinct police radio chatter]
549
00:30:26,407 --> 00:30:30,995
[Matt] The forensic unit had located
some blood spatter on the walls…
550
00:30:31,538 --> 00:30:33,122
- [camera clicking]
- …on a light switch,
551
00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:34,749
and as well as on the floor.
552
00:30:35,583 --> 00:30:37,293
[Geoffrey] I mean, she…
553
00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:39,879
[Matt] After just a couple minutes
of interviewing Geoffrey,
554
00:30:40,547 --> 00:30:42,799
we determined that
he's the primary aggressor.
555
00:30:42,882 --> 00:30:43,800
[music surges]
556
00:30:43,883 --> 00:30:44,843
We arrest him.
557
00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:46,761
[Geoffrey] I didn't touch the woman.
558
00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:51,224
When we placed him in handcuffs,
he's got this… this disbelief.
559
00:30:51,307 --> 00:30:53,101
Absolutely not. No way.
560
00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:55,728
You know, we're making the wrong decision.
He's innocent.
561
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:59,732
We placed him in the patrol vehicle…
562
00:30:59,816 --> 00:31:01,985
- [camera clicking]
- …and he flipped a switch.
563
00:31:02,068 --> 00:31:04,863
He just became unhinged and enraged.
564
00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:09,909
He starts kicking at the windows,
like a horse kicking a door.
565
00:31:10,451 --> 00:31:13,329
And we have to pull him out,
and we have to restrain his legs.
566
00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:17,208
We place him back
in the back of my patrol unit,
567
00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,335
and he continues kicking.
568
00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:21,796
[loud banging]
569
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,673
So we have to pull him out again
570
00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:27,719
to connect the chain of the leg irons
to his handcuffs.
571
00:31:27,802 --> 00:31:29,137
[chains rattling]
572
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:30,847
Typically, we're not gonna do that
573
00:31:30,930 --> 00:31:33,558
unless somebody's
just really off the rails.
574
00:31:36,686 --> 00:31:38,688
[tense music playing]
575
00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:43,776
[Kristen] At the hospital,
I had to have a CT scan done.
576
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:45,570
I did have a concussion.
577
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:48,448
They prescribed me some pain medicine
578
00:31:48,531 --> 00:31:52,619
because I was just in
an immense amount of pain.
579
00:31:54,996 --> 00:31:57,457
The next day, Geoffrey got bailed out.
580
00:32:00,501 --> 00:32:01,753
So on Monday morning,
581
00:32:02,670 --> 00:32:05,673
my parents took me
to the Knox County Sheriff's Office,
582
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:08,134
and we filed an order of protection.
583
00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:12,639
The order of protection is a civil case,
so actually two cases against him.
584
00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:14,766
My civil case,
585
00:32:14,849 --> 00:32:18,269
and then there was a criminal case
for the actual domestic assault.
586
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,523
His family couldn't contact me.
His friends couldn't contact me.
587
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:24,817
He obviously couldn't contact me.
588
00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:27,028
The engagement was definitely off.
589
00:32:27,528 --> 00:32:30,907
We completely cut all ties
on… on that day.
590
00:32:30,990 --> 00:32:33,284
[music surges, fades]
591
00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:36,162
[dramatic sting]
592
00:32:36,245 --> 00:32:39,582
[pensive music playing]
593
00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:45,129
[woman] I am
an assistant district attorney
594
00:32:45,213 --> 00:32:47,799
here in Knoxville, Tennessee.
595
00:32:48,716 --> 00:32:51,260
{\an8}I've been in various units
within the office,
596
00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:53,221
{\an8}one of them being
the domestic violence unit.
597
00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:56,140
When I got the case file,
598
00:32:56,224 --> 00:33:00,853
what initially stood out to me was
just the amount of violence involved
599
00:33:00,937 --> 00:33:02,772
in this particular assault.
600
00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:08,361
There was literally almost an injury to
every part of her body that you could see.
601
00:33:09,237 --> 00:33:13,074
I could tell that
this was an incredibly brutal attack
602
00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:16,452
that took some time to happen.
603
00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,207
At Mr. Paschel's arraignment,
604
00:33:21,290 --> 00:33:26,004
Geoffrey was charged with
aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault,
605
00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:29,215
and interference
with a 911 emergency call.
606
00:33:30,967 --> 00:33:35,388
There was an offer portrayed to him
to plead to a felony offense
607
00:33:35,471 --> 00:33:38,266
that was a four-year probation offer.
608
00:33:38,349 --> 00:33:40,143
No jail time.
609
00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:43,062
This saves the victim
from having to come to court and testify.
610
00:33:43,146 --> 00:33:44,939
It doesn't drag it out.
611
00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:47,316
He declined the offer.
612
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,031
At that point in time,
we had to actually get this case to trial.
613
00:33:53,114 --> 00:33:54,240
[music surges]
614
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,748
[Kristen] Geoffrey's ex-wife, Allison,
reached out to me
615
00:34:01,831 --> 00:34:04,876
after her attorneys found out
about the assault
616
00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:08,087
just to check in and see if I was okay.
617
00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:11,674
And through Allison, I met Sabrina.
618
00:34:11,758 --> 00:34:13,760
[crickets chirping]
619
00:34:14,927 --> 00:34:17,472
[Sabrina] When I finally got to speak
with Kristen,
620
00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:21,559
I found out, yeah, she's just as amazing
as, you know, Allison was,
621
00:34:21,642 --> 00:34:24,937
or any woman that
he was blessed enough to be with.
622
00:34:25,813 --> 00:34:28,858
We started talking about the things
that he said and did.
623
00:34:28,941 --> 00:34:32,904
And hearing what Kristen went through,
it was very triggering.
624
00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:38,785
But we've been through the same thing
at the hands of Geoffrey.
625
00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:42,622
This has been going on for decades.
626
00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:46,834
This was just not gonna stop
until he was stopped.
627
00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:48,544
[music surges]
628
00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:50,630
[tense music playing]
629
00:34:51,130 --> 00:34:54,884
[Heather] Given COVID,
the court system having to shut down,
630
00:34:54,967 --> 00:34:59,013
took a lot longer than we wanted
to actually get this case to trial.
631
00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:01,974
And while his case was pending,
632
00:35:02,058 --> 00:35:06,813
I had learned that he was on,
I guess, a reality TV sort of dating show
633
00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:08,314
called 90 Day Fiancé.
634
00:35:08,397 --> 00:35:09,649
[music surges, fades]
635
00:35:09,732 --> 00:35:11,400
[dramatic sting]
636
00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:13,486
[bright music playing]
637
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:22,245
[Geoffrey] I just landed in Moscow
to see the love of my life, Varya,
638
00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:23,955
{\an8}in person for the first time ever.
639
00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:26,040
[Kristen] I had no idea.
640
00:35:26,749 --> 00:35:27,625
I had no idea.
641
00:35:27,708 --> 00:35:29,335
[inaudible]
642
00:35:29,418 --> 00:35:32,672
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days
is a reality show
643
00:35:32,755 --> 00:35:35,675
that follows international couples
who have met online.
644
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:39,804
{\an8}Basically, the premise of the show is
that they're already dating
645
00:35:39,887 --> 00:35:41,973
{\an8}before they meet for the first time.
646
00:35:42,056 --> 00:35:45,393
{\an8}Which means, apparently,
he was in a whole other relationship
647
00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:48,688
{\an8}with someone from Russia
during our engagement?
648
00:35:49,564 --> 00:35:51,774
[Geoffrey] I met my girlfriend online
several months ago.
649
00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:54,652
I truly believe that Varya and I
are meant to be together.
650
00:35:55,236 --> 00:35:58,447
If things go well with Varya,
I'm gonna propose to her.
651
00:35:59,574 --> 00:36:02,201
{\an8}[Kristen] So, the assault happened
on June 9th…
652
00:36:02,285 --> 00:36:05,329
{\an8}She acted absolutely… I mean, crazy.
653
00:36:05,913 --> 00:36:08,708
{\an8}[Kristen] …and by July,
he's already in Russia filming.
654
00:36:10,293 --> 00:36:11,794
I was still black and blue.
655
00:36:13,421 --> 00:36:16,799
{\an8}I'm sure he was already cast
for the show when my assault happened,
656
00:36:16,883 --> 00:36:18,676
{\an8}so they wouldn't have caught that.
657
00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:24,807
But he had several criminal convictions
before he was on 90 Day Fiancé.
658
00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:27,852
I was able to find these convictions.
659
00:36:27,935 --> 00:36:31,230
People on the internet
were able to find these convictions,
660
00:36:31,314 --> 00:36:34,233
the media was able to find
these convictions
661
00:36:34,317 --> 00:36:36,068
before the show even aired.
662
00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:39,947
Geoffrey, his history runs deep
and it runs dark.
663
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:41,699
- If these allegations are true…
- Correct.
664
00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,619
…it sounds like
he's got some serious anger issues.
665
00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:46,871
They aired the episodes anyway.
666
00:36:46,954 --> 00:36:49,040
[dramatic sting]
667
00:36:49,624 --> 00:36:51,459
{\an8}I'm Geoffrey, I'm 41 years old,
668
00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:53,711
{\an8}and I live just outside
of Knoxville, Tennessee.
669
00:36:53,794 --> 00:36:55,755
[whirring]
670
00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:59,217
I like to do anything that I can get
out there and get my hands dirty.
671
00:37:00,426 --> 00:37:02,887
[woman] A lot of people really liked him
on the show.
672
00:37:02,970 --> 00:37:06,515
{\an8}I mean, he's portrayed
as a very likable, charismatic,
673
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:11,562
{\an8}strong, hardworking,
all-American country boy.
674
00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:13,648
[suspenseful music playing]
675
00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:17,902
[Sabrina] I did watch a few clips of it,
and my children were in it.
676
00:37:17,985 --> 00:37:21,030
He was speaking with them
about all the women that had hurt him
677
00:37:21,113 --> 00:37:24,450
and the things that he'd been through,
and that he deserved to be happy.
678
00:37:25,534 --> 00:37:27,870
[Geoffrey] There's a risk that
I'm gonna be heartbroken.
679
00:37:27,954 --> 00:37:29,247
And it really scares me
680
00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:32,291
because I don't think my heart can take
another letdown.
681
00:37:33,668 --> 00:37:37,088
It just kind of hit me.
Like, we didn't hurt you.
682
00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:39,131
You hurt us.
683
00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:40,800
[music surges]
684
00:37:40,883 --> 00:37:42,969
[Kristen] Despite all these
awful allegations,
685
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:46,264
he still had a growing fan base
that loved him.
686
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:50,810
Did you know that I had a YouTube channel?
I have Cameo. I have fan mail.
687
00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:54,397
Geoffrey created a fan base
from being on that reality show,
688
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,732
and he really fed off of it.
689
00:37:56,816 --> 00:37:58,442
He just kept getting larger than life.
690
00:37:58,526 --> 00:38:00,278
What are my nipple tats?
691
00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:05,700
Go on my Instagram, @90DayGeoffrey,
and read my post. It tells all about 'em.
692
00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:08,911
[Sabrina] He just kept thinking that
"I'm untouchable."
693
00:38:09,495 --> 00:38:10,830
"I'm unstoppable."
694
00:38:10,913 --> 00:38:13,165
"There's nothing
anybody can do to me now."
695
00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:18,671
[music builds, drops]
696
00:38:18,754 --> 00:38:20,548
[Heather] Prior to actually going
to trial,
697
00:38:21,048 --> 00:38:23,676
Mr. Paschel posted numerous videos online,
698
00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:27,888
where he had talked about
all of the accusations.
699
00:38:28,931 --> 00:38:34,729
What's the biggest, I guess, misconception
that you think that people have about you?
700
00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:37,606
Oh, I mean, it's…
it's gotta be woman-beater.
701
00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:42,611
It's gotta be, uh, woman-abuser,
domestic-violence-person, whatever, it's…
702
00:38:42,695 --> 00:38:46,991
When you go through something like this,
you're advised not to talk about it.
703
00:38:47,074 --> 00:38:52,413
So while he got to do Instagram Lives,
704
00:38:52,913 --> 00:38:56,751
talk to his followers
and tell them his side of the story,
705
00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:58,836
I had to be silent.
706
00:38:58,919 --> 00:39:00,129
{\an8}This is all just a ploy.
707
00:39:00,212 --> 00:39:03,549
{\an8}This is all just a, um… an agenda
708
00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:05,718
{\an8}to try to make me lose custody
of my child.
709
00:39:05,801 --> 00:39:10,014
He said that I joined forces
with all of his exes
710
00:39:10,097 --> 00:39:12,266
and that we were all scheming against him.
711
00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,935
I think this is gonna be
a Johnny Depp moment.
712
00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:16,896
I think this is gonna be like…
713
00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:20,107
This is gonna be like Amanda Heard
getting called out
714
00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:22,485
and being recorded
actually being the abuser.
715
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,282
[music intensifies]
716
00:39:31,952 --> 00:39:32,953
[music fades]
717
00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:35,706
Welcome back to Court TV Live.
I'm Ashley Willcott.
718
00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:39,001
{\an8}We wanna start first
with Tennessee v. Geoffrey Paschel,
719
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:45,841
the former reality TV star who was accused
of a brutal attack on his former fiancée.
720
00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:52,473
[Heather] Kristen's assault took place
very late on June 8th, 2019.
721
00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:59,021
{\an8}We were not able to actually go
to a jury trial until October 2021.
722
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,360
The hardest part of the trial
was obviously seeing him again,
723
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:06,445
having to face him.
724
00:40:07,196 --> 00:40:08,572
It was terrifying.
725
00:40:10,324 --> 00:40:13,911
[Heather] It's hard enough for a victim
to come to court
726
00:40:13,994 --> 00:40:17,873
to tell 12, 13 people
whom they've never met
727
00:40:17,957 --> 00:40:19,750
the worst experience of their life.
728
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:23,087
Well, now she was gonna have
cameras looking at her.
729
00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:25,589
She knew that this was gonna be televised.
730
00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:28,634
So the case definitely stood out
for that reason.
731
00:40:30,010 --> 00:40:33,180
[Ashley] Geoffrey Paschel was a little bit
different than some defendants
732
00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:36,058
because he was so clearly confident.
733
00:40:36,559 --> 00:40:38,602
{\an8}I would argue perhaps arrogant.
734
00:40:39,186 --> 00:40:42,148
{\an8}He, to me, looked like somebody
who wanted to be in control.
735
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:48,612
Varya, his fiancée, was in the front row
every day supporting him.
736
00:40:49,822 --> 00:40:52,199
In my opinion,
this was a pretty straightforward case.
737
00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:57,037
And so the only strategy that I really had
was just to let Kristen talk.
738
00:40:57,121 --> 00:41:01,125
[Heather] During that time,
did you try and get away or anything?
739
00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:04,920
When I was screaming, I was trying
to get away from him, but I couldn't.
740
00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:07,756
He's too strong.
He was holding me down on the ground,
741
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:12,261
and then he was pushing me around,
and I could not get away.
742
00:41:13,554 --> 00:41:17,057
It was awful having to sit
across from Geoffrey at trial.
743
00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:23,147
{\an8}He would just lock eyes with me
and not let go.
744
00:41:23,814 --> 00:41:27,234
{\an8}It was very scary
to have him stare at me like that.
745
00:41:27,776 --> 00:41:31,947
{\an8}I remember going up the stairs,
and then that's the last thing I remember.
746
00:41:32,448 --> 00:41:34,450
Um, I don't know what happened up there,
747
00:41:34,533 --> 00:41:36,994
{\an8}but there was blood splattered
on my bedroom door,
748
00:41:37,077 --> 00:41:39,580
{\an8}so something happened up there.
749
00:41:40,289 --> 00:41:42,583
Kristen, in my opinion, was very credible.
750
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:46,045
I was confident that
the jury was gonna believe her.
751
00:41:46,128 --> 00:41:48,130
[tense music playing]
752
00:41:50,466 --> 00:41:54,887
[attorney] At this point in time,
the state calls Mr. Geoffrey Paschel.
753
00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:57,932
Sir, do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth,
754
00:41:58,015 --> 00:41:59,683
and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
755
00:41:59,767 --> 00:42:01,143
- [Geoffrey] I do.
- Thank you.
756
00:42:02,269 --> 00:42:04,396
[Ashley] Typically,
defense attorneys tell defendants,
757
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,106
"You're not taking the stand."
758
00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:08,192
"It's not gonna come off well."
759
00:42:08,275 --> 00:42:11,028
But Geoffrey Paschel,
in my opinion, does it
760
00:42:11,111 --> 00:42:16,700
because he thinks he can manipulate
the jury, control the jury,
761
00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:20,788
and convince them,
"I'm right. I didn't do anything wrong."
762
00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:23,707
I went to go leave.
She attempted to grab my keys.
763
00:42:23,791 --> 00:42:26,418
Well, she did grab my keys
and tried to bolt out the door.
764
00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:29,713
And as she went to bolt out the door,
765
00:42:29,797 --> 00:42:32,675
the door, this being a door,
the door open,
766
00:42:32,758 --> 00:42:36,971
she ran smack into the door,
767
00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:40,641
side of the door as she ran out.
768
00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:45,479
So she grabbed my keys and turned
and hit the door, the open door.
769
00:42:46,313 --> 00:42:49,149
He essentially tried to say
that she was drunk,
770
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:51,986
that all of these injuries
were self-inflicted.
771
00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:56,156
But the weight of the evidence
was so strong against that.
772
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,450
And I think that the jury saw that.
773
00:42:58,534 --> 00:43:00,119
[suspenseful music playing]
774
00:43:00,202 --> 00:43:03,289
The jury went out mid-afternoon.
775
00:43:03,372 --> 00:43:06,458
They actually weren't out
for... for very long.
776
00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:07,918
It was actually just a few hours.
777
00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:12,506
[Kristen] The jury came back
with a verdict really quickly.
778
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:17,720
I was shaking, and I was terrified
and held my parents' hands.
779
00:43:19,471 --> 00:43:22,016
I didn't know what way it was gonna go.
780
00:43:23,017 --> 00:43:26,895
[foreperson] We, the jury,
find the defendant Geoffrey Ian Paschel
781
00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:28,772
guilty of aggravated kidnapping.
782
00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:32,026
We, the jury,
find the defendant Geoffrey Ian Paschel
783
00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:34,069
guilty of domestic violence.
784
00:43:34,153 --> 00:43:35,654
[judge] And as for count three?
785
00:43:35,738 --> 00:43:38,616
I can't even explain
that feeling of euphoria
786
00:43:38,699 --> 00:43:40,534
when they found Geoffrey guilty.
787
00:43:41,076 --> 00:43:45,205
{\an8}This coming Thursday, Geoffrey Paschel,
the convicted reality cast member
788
00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:49,418
{\an8}from the TV show 90 Day Fiancé:
Before the 90 Days will be sentenced.
789
00:43:50,002 --> 00:43:52,963
[anchor] Once a reality TV star,
Geoffrey Paschel,
790
00:43:53,047 --> 00:43:56,675
he now faces 12 to 20 years in prison
791
00:43:56,759 --> 00:43:59,303
without the possibility of parole.
792
00:43:59,386 --> 00:44:01,347
[music surges, fades]
793
00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:03,724
[dramatic sting]
794
00:44:03,807 --> 00:44:05,184
[pensive music playing]
795
00:44:05,267 --> 00:44:07,311
[Heather] During trial,
the rules of evidence
796
00:44:07,394 --> 00:44:09,438
actually don't allow us to bring in
797
00:44:09,521 --> 00:44:12,858
what we call propensity evidence,
prior bad acts,
798
00:44:12,941 --> 00:44:16,987
because we want the jury to see
the crime at hand,
799
00:44:17,988 --> 00:44:20,574
but it is something
that we can use in sentencing.
800
00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,910
So, his ex-wife, Allison,
801
00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:26,830
actually testified at the sentencing,
uh, to the abuse that she suffered.
802
00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:32,211
{\an8}At any point during your marriage,
was there physical abuse?
803
00:44:34,463 --> 00:44:38,300
[Allison] There were many threats
made to me and to my family.
804
00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:42,554
He was violent to me
on numerous occasions, um…
805
00:44:42,638 --> 00:44:44,556
[Heather] I'm gonna stop you
for just a second.
806
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,017
When you say threats,
um, what kind of threats?
807
00:44:47,101 --> 00:44:47,935
To kill me.
808
00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:50,229
[tense music playing]
809
00:44:50,312 --> 00:44:54,149
[Heather] Uh, she testified to them
taking trips together,
810
00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:56,068
where he would strangle her.
811
00:44:56,151 --> 00:45:00,322
She testified about a time
where he held her face close to a fire.
812
00:45:00,406 --> 00:45:03,283
And then she testified about a time
where she had actually moved,
813
00:45:04,576 --> 00:45:06,203
they were split up at the time,
814
00:45:06,286 --> 00:45:09,164
when she comes home
and finds him in her home.
815
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:14,837
He immediately attacked me,
grabbed me, and shoved me into the wall.
816
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,380
Threw me on the ground,
817
00:45:16,922 --> 00:45:19,133
um, strangled me.
818
00:45:19,216 --> 00:45:21,510
Um, when I finally broke free,
819
00:45:22,052 --> 00:45:23,595
he went and swung at me,
820
00:45:23,679 --> 00:45:29,268
and I moved so he could hit
the top of my head versus my face.
821
00:45:31,228 --> 00:45:33,313
When Allison was on the stand, uh,
822
00:45:34,523 --> 00:45:37,234
I felt like I went backwards
to my own abuse,
823
00:45:37,317 --> 00:45:38,819
and I had to leave the courtroom.
824
00:45:41,029 --> 00:45:42,990
[Heather] She testified that he raped her.
825
00:45:43,615 --> 00:45:45,659
And I think that everybody
in the courtroom,
826
00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:47,786
when she was testifying
about that, you know,
827
00:45:47,870 --> 00:45:50,038
we were all extremely disturbed by it.
828
00:45:50,122 --> 00:45:52,249
I mean, her abuse went on for years.
829
00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:56,336
So, her… her testimony was…
was incredibly powerful at sentencing.
830
00:45:58,464 --> 00:46:01,550
[Ashley] Every defendant has the right
to be heard at sentencing.
831
00:46:01,633 --> 00:46:03,510
And Geoffrey Paschel took
that opportunity.
832
00:46:05,471 --> 00:46:06,805
[Geoffrey clears throat]
833
00:46:06,889 --> 00:46:08,515
{\an8}I have a beautiful family.
834
00:46:09,433 --> 00:46:11,435
{\an8}[indistinct chatter]
835
00:46:12,686 --> 00:46:14,021
{\an8}Beautiful friends.
836
00:46:15,189 --> 00:46:16,565
{\an8}Uh, I'm a dad.
837
00:46:18,358 --> 00:46:23,489
He focused on, "I've got all these
children and friends and family."
838
00:46:24,031 --> 00:46:26,492
What did he not focus on? The victims.
839
00:46:27,075 --> 00:46:29,036
{\an8}I go out of my way to help people.
840
00:46:29,953 --> 00:46:32,623
{\an8}[voice breaks] I don't need anything.
I don't want anything.
841
00:46:33,665 --> 00:46:39,797
{\an8}It just gives me that
internal satisfaction… to help people.
842
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,174
You know, that's what… that's my reward.
843
00:46:42,257 --> 00:46:43,175
[Geoffrey sniffles]
844
00:46:43,258 --> 00:46:46,512
So, I ask that you, uh…
you have mercy on me.
845
00:46:46,595 --> 00:46:47,679
Thank you.
846
00:46:47,763 --> 00:46:48,931
[judge] Thank you, sir.
847
00:46:50,641 --> 00:46:55,479
What is going on behind closed doors
is much different
848
00:46:56,021 --> 00:47:00,359
than the image that Mr. Paschel projects
out to the rest of the world.
849
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:05,531
The judge just absolutely nailed
Geoffrey's character.
850
00:47:06,031 --> 00:47:08,033
He saw right through him.
851
00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:11,662
[judge] Twelve citizens from Knox County
listened to her.
852
00:47:12,329 --> 00:47:13,997
And they listened to the defendant.
853
00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:18,168
And they found beyond a reasonable doubt
that she was telling the truth.
854
00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:20,671
And I agree with their assessment.
855
00:47:21,296 --> 00:47:25,133
I've never felt more seen,
more vindicated.
856
00:47:25,217 --> 00:47:29,263
It was truly an absolutely amazing moment.
857
00:47:30,806 --> 00:47:35,310
[judge] This behavior towards these women…
is sick.
858
00:47:36,311 --> 00:47:37,938
It is sadistic.
859
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,483
I think that Mr. Paschel has a desire
860
00:47:42,276 --> 00:47:46,113
to inflict as much emotional damage
to these women as possible.
861
00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:49,658
For the reasons stated, the court finds
that the appropriate sentence in this case
862
00:47:49,741 --> 00:47:51,660
is 18 years to serve.
863
00:47:53,579 --> 00:47:57,624
[Ashley] This was an unusual case
because the state requested 16 years.
864
00:47:58,125 --> 00:48:00,252
The defense argued for fewer.
865
00:48:00,335 --> 00:48:02,546
The judge didn't do
either of those things.
866
00:48:03,130 --> 00:48:05,299
Instead said, "I'm giving you more."
867
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,594
[Kristen] Not only did I take
my power back,
868
00:48:08,677 --> 00:48:11,388
but I felt like I gave power back
to so many women
869
00:48:11,471 --> 00:48:13,765
that he has taken it from over the years.
870
00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:16,435
And when Geoffrey was found guilty,
871
00:48:17,019 --> 00:48:20,022
it made every bit of suffering worth it.
872
00:48:21,648 --> 00:48:23,650
[music intensifies]
873
00:48:26,904 --> 00:48:28,405
Geoffrey… How's Geoffrey?
874
00:48:28,488 --> 00:48:31,533
Of course, the most common question.
I expected that.
875
00:48:31,617 --> 00:48:33,201
Well, uh, soon,
876
00:48:33,285 --> 00:48:36,705
uh, we'll have a call
with the lawyer's team
877
00:48:36,788 --> 00:48:40,500
to discuss the strategy… [clicks tongue]
878
00:48:40,584 --> 00:48:44,212
…uh, of filing to the Supreme Court.
879
00:48:44,296 --> 00:48:48,717
Um, yeah, so keep your fingers crossed.
880
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:51,887
Varya has been very outspoken
about supporting Geoffrey,
881
00:48:51,970 --> 00:48:54,514
and she still stands behind him.
882
00:48:54,598 --> 00:48:57,643
So today marks 1,255 days
883
00:48:57,726 --> 00:49:00,520
since my loved one,
Geoffrey Paschel, has been in prison.
884
00:49:01,104 --> 00:49:03,607
I decided to open up about this…
885
00:49:03,690 --> 00:49:05,692
[pensive music playing]
886
00:49:10,739 --> 00:49:13,700
[Kristen] A lot of people,
after they go through something like this,
887
00:49:13,784 --> 00:49:16,036
will join, like, a support group.
888
00:49:16,828 --> 00:49:19,706
My support group is Sabrina and Allison.
889
00:49:20,207 --> 00:49:24,044
And the bond that I have with them
and the connection that I have with them,
890
00:49:24,878 --> 00:49:26,088
it's just incredible.
891
00:49:27,923 --> 00:49:29,633
[Sabrina] Kristen's my hero.
892
00:49:29,716 --> 00:49:33,553
Today, I have a beautiful bond
with Allison and Kristen.
893
00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:36,640
It's a blessing. We're like sisters.
894
00:49:38,767 --> 00:49:40,435
[mellow music playing]
895
00:49:42,562 --> 00:49:45,482
[Kristen] Shortly after the assault,
896
00:49:46,066 --> 00:49:49,903
my college ex-boyfriend reached out to me
just to check on me
897
00:49:49,987 --> 00:49:51,989
and said, "Hey, how are you?"
898
00:49:52,572 --> 00:49:54,992
This was in July 2019.
899
00:49:56,034 --> 00:49:58,704
We rekindled, got engaged,
900
00:49:58,787 --> 00:50:02,708
and we were married in October 2019.
901
00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:06,837
Corey was my rock through everything.
902
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:08,922
He was extremely supportive.
903
00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:12,426
He just made me feel so confident
904
00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:14,886
and so sure about going through
with the process.
905
00:50:14,970 --> 00:50:19,516
And he was just the most wonderful partner
that you could ask for
906
00:50:19,599 --> 00:50:21,518
in this awful situation.
907
00:50:22,978 --> 00:50:26,940
I think going through something like this,
908
00:50:27,024 --> 00:50:28,191
this traumatic,
909
00:50:28,275 --> 00:50:32,070
not only does it teach you
what you don't want in a man,
910
00:50:32,863 --> 00:50:35,198
but it shows you what you do want.
911
00:50:35,782 --> 00:50:37,576
And now we have kids, and…
912
00:50:38,702 --> 00:50:42,497
Everything in my life right now
is honestly just phenomenal.
913
00:50:43,749 --> 00:50:46,209
[birds chirping, twittering]
914
00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:51,965
[music fades]
915
00:50:52,049 --> 00:50:54,051
[dark techno music playing]
916
00:52:14,422 --> 00:52:16,424
[music fades]